1999 Chicago White Sox season

1999 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
American League Central (since 1994)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1991)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
General manager(s)	Ron Schueler
Manager(s)	Jerry Manuel
Local television	WGN-TV Fox Sports Chicago (Ken Harrelson, Tom Paciorek)
Local radio	WMVP (John Rooney, Ed Farmer) WIND (AM) (Hector Molina)
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The 1999 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 100th season. They finished with a record 75-86, good enough for 2nd place in the American League Central, 21.5 games behind the 1st place Cleveland Indians.

Offseason

• November 11, 1998: Paul Konerko was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago White Sox for Mike Cameron.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	97	65	0.599	—	47–34	50–31
Chicago White Sox	75	86	0.466	21½	38–42	37–44
Detroit Tigers	69	92	0.429	27½	38–43	31–49
Kansas City Royals	64	97	0.398	32½	33–47	31–50
Minnesota Twins	63	97	0.394	33	31–50	32–47

Record vs. opponents

1999 American League Records Sources:
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	3–9	1–9	5–5	1–9	5–5	7–5	6–4	6–4	8–4	6–6	7–5	6–6	3–9	6–12
Baltimore	9–3	—	5–7	7–3	1–9	5–5	6–4	8–1	4–9	5–7	5–5	5–7	6–6	1–11	11–7
Boston	9–1	7–5	—	7–5	8–4	7–5	8–2	6–4	8–4	4–6	7–3	4–9	4–5	9–3	6–12
Chicago	5–5	3–7	5–7	—	3–9	7–5	6–6	8–3–1	5–7	3–7	4–8	6–4	5–5	6–4	9–9
Cleveland	9–1	9–1	4–8	9–3	—	8–5	7–5	9–3	3–7	10–2	7–3	5–4	3–7	5–7	9–9
Detroit	5–5	5–5	5–7	5–7	5–8	—	7–4	6–6	5–7	4–6	3–7	4–5	5–5	2–10	8–10
Kansas City	5–7	4–6	2–8	6–6	5–7	4–7	—	5–8	5–4	6–6	7–5	2–8	4–6	3–7	6–12
Minnesota	4–6	1–8	4–6	3–8–1	3–9	6–6	8–5	—	4–6	7–5	4–8	5–5	0–12	4–6	10–7
New York	4–6	9–4	4–8	7–5	7–3	7–5	4–5	6–4	—	6–4	9–1	8–4	8–4	10–2	9–9
Oakland	4–8	7–5	6–4	7–3	2–10	6–4	6–6	5–7	4–6	—	6–6	9–1	5–7	8–2	12–6
Seattle	6–6	5–5	3–7	8–4	3–7	7–3	5–7	8–4	1–9	6–6	—	8–4	5–8	7–2	7–11
Tampa Bay	5–7	7–5	9–4	4–6	4–5	5–4	8–2	5–5	4–8	1–9	4–8	—	4–8	5–8	4–14
Texas	6–6	6–6	5–4	5–5	7–3	5–5	6–4	12–0	4–8	7–5	8–5	8–4	—	6–4	10–8
Toronto	9–3	11–1	3–9	4–6	7–5	10–2	7–3	6–4	2–10	2–8	2–7	8–5	4–6	—	9–9

1999 Opening Day Lineup

Ray Durham, 2b

Mike Caruso, ss

Frank Thomas, 1b

Paul Konerko, dh

Magglio Ordóñez, rf

Greg Norton, 3b

Jeff Abbott, lf

Darrin Jackson, cf

Brook Fordyce, c

James Baldwin, p

Roster

1999 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 37 James Baldwin 44 Chad Bradford 43 Carlos Castillo 51 Pat Daneker 60 Joe Davenport 36 Scott Eyre 29 Keith Foulke 46 Bob Howry 50 Sean Lowe 49 David Lundquist 62 Aaron Myette 38 Jaime Navarro 40 Jim Parque 61 Jesús Peña 52 Todd Rizzo 41 Bill Simas 33 Mike Sirotka 59 John Snyder 47 Tanyon Sturtze 32 Kip Wells		Catchers  8 Brook Fordyce 10 Mark Johnson 15 Josh Paul Infielders 17 Mike Caruso 34 Jason Dellaero  5 Ray Durham 14 Paul Konerko 31 Greg Norton 55 Liu Rodríguez 35 Frank Thomas 28 Craig Wilson		Outfielders 25 Jeff Abbott 26 McKay Christensen 22 Darrin Jackson 45 Carlos Lee 39 Jeff Liefer 30 Magglio Ordóñez 27 Brian Simmons 12 Chris Singleton		Manager  7 Jerry Manuel Coaches 54 Nardi Contreras (Pitching) 18 Wallace Johnson (Third Base) 48 Von Joshua (Hitting) 53 Art Kusnyer (Bullpen) 20 Bryan Little (First Base) 21 Joe Nossek (Bench) 58 Mark Salas

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Jeff Abbott, LF	17	57	5	9	0	0	2	6	5	12	.158	1
James Baldwin, P	35	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	.500	0
Mike Caruso, SS	136	529	60	132	11	4	2	35	20	36	.250	12
McKay Christensen, CF	28	53	10	12	1	0	1	6	4	7	.226	2
Pat Daneker, P	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Jason Dellaero, SS	11	33	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	13	.091	0
Ray Durham, 2B	153	612	109	181	30	8	13	60	73	105	.296	34
Brook Fordyce, C	105	333	36	99	25	1	9	49	21	48	.297	2
Keith Foulke, P	67	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Darrin Jackson, OF	73	149	22	41	9	1	4	16	3	20	.275	4
Mark Johnson, C	73	207	27	47	11	0	4	16	36	58	.227	3
Paul Konerko, 1B,DH	142	513	71	151	31	4	24	81	45	68	.294	1
Carlos Lee, LF	127	492	66	144	32	2	16	84	13	72	.293	4
Jeff Liefer, OF,1B,DH	45	113	8	28	7	1	0	14	8	28	.248	2
Jaime Navarro, P	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Greg Norton, 3B,1B	132	436	62	111	26	0	16	50	69	93	.255	4
Magglio Ordóñez, RF	157	624	100	188	34	3	30	117	47	64	.301	13
Jim Parque, P	31	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	0
Josh Paul, C	6	18	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	4	.222	0
Liu Rodríguez, 2B,SS	39	93	8	22	2	2	1	12	12	11	.237	0
Brian Simmons, OF	54	126	14	29	3	3	4	17	9	30	.230	4
Chris Singleton, CF	133	496	72	149	31	6	17	72	22	45	.300	20
Mike Sirotka, P	32	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	0
Frank Thomas, DH,1B	135	486	74	148	36	0	15	77	87	66	.305	3
Bryan Ward, P	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	---	0
Craig Wilson, 3B,SS,2B	98	252	28	60	8	1	4	26	23	22	.238	1
Team totals	162	5644	777	1563	298	37	162	742	499	810	.277	110

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
James Baldwin	12	13	5.10	35	33	0	199.1	219	119	113	34	82	123
Chad Bradford	0	0	19.64	3	0	0	3.2	9	8	8	1	5	0
Carlos Castillo	2	2	5.71	18	2	0	41.0	45	26	26	10	15	23
Pat Daneker	0	0	4.20	3	2	0	15.0	14	8	7	1	6	5
Joe Davenport	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0
Scott Eyre	1	1	7.56	21	0	0	25.0	38	22	21	6	17	17
Keith Foulke	3	3	2.22	67	0	9	105.1	72	28	26	11	25	123
Bob Howry	5	3	3.59	69	0	28	67.2	58	34	27	8	41	80
Sean Lowe	4	1	3.67	64	0	0	95.2	90	39	39	10	47	62
David Lundquist	1	1	8.59	17	0	0	22.0	28	21	21	3	12	18
Aaron Myette	0	2	6.32	4	3	0	15.2	17	11	11	2	15	11
Jaime Navarro	8	13	6.09	32	27	0	159.2	206	126	108	29	72	74
Jim Parque	9	15	5.13	31	30	0	173.2	210	111	99	23	81	111
Jesús Peña	0	0	5.31	26	0	0	20.1	21	15	12	3	28	20
Todd Rizzo	0	2	6.75	3	0	0	1.1	4	2	1	0	4	2
Bill Simas	6	3	3.75	70	0	2	72.0	73	36	30	6	38	41
Mike Sirotka	11	13	4.00	32	32	0	209.0	236	108	93	24	59	125
John Snyder	9	12	6.68	25	25	0	129.1	167	103	96	27	49	67
Tanyon Sturtze	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	6.0	4	0	0	0	2	2
Bryan Ward	0	1	7.55	40	0	0	39.1	63	36	33	10	12	35
Kip Wells	4	1	4.04	7	7	0	35.2	33	17	16	2	15	29
Team totals	75	86	4.92	162	162	39	1438.1	1608	870	786	210	627	968

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charlotte Knights	International League	Tom Spencer
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	Chris Cron
A	Winston-Salem Warthogs	Carolina League	Jerry Terrell
A	Burlington Bees	Midwest League	Nick Capra
Rookie	Bristol White Sox	Appalachian League	Gary Pellant
Rookie	AZL White Sox	Arizona League	Jerry Hairston, Sr.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte, Burlington^[2]

References

1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/konerpa01.shtml
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 1999 Chicago White Sox